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I'm just scratching me head here when I see the tinlet for scale, stunning work. How the brake vans coming along, they look sweet as a nut. R

What you do with your mother-in-law is frankly, quite, em...disturbing....

Sorry for the delay in responding Kieran, been looking to see if I had photos of the process. This is for a Park Royal/Bredin MKII type roof I treated it a bit like ship building, cutting regular sections out of 220gsm white card and laminating three together to give me a thickness of 0.75mm. The outer pieces are just pieces of mounting board strip set at about an inch depth. They were just glued on at about 40mm centres over a length of 300mm. I sourced the thinnest balsa I could find, about 1mm and cut it to fit *almost* all of the curve, leaving the severe corner angle of the tumblehome for the minute. Started by superglueing little blobs along each section and using the mat rolling the shape so it grabbed the card sections internally. You'll see two thin strips inserted either side to finish the tumblehome, and sanded with wet and dry 600 (dry) to get a smooth transition. Test run Test piece sitting on donor prior to adding filler. I hope that explains the process a bit better. If you need drawings of roof sections for a particular coach, shout and I'll do up a template. With longer coaches you will be missing adhesion between the former and the material in the middle since the masking tape isn't near it, and usually the one area that ripples. To get over this I give both former and styrene a liberal blast of spray mount (readjustable) so that they part-bond for the two minutes that you need. This can be removed from the styrene with a wipe of white spirits on kitchen towel once "cooked" You also have so much more masking to do, so it's easy to do a couple of strips and realize the styrene has gone out of alignment. Hope that helps. Richie.

Fold up the cage underneath, glue/solder to top etch. Fold up angled steel supports and glue/solder. Add details & bogies. Done.

Must concur. Have pawed the 42' flat, and it is stunning. So detailed, yet so simple in its construction, and weighted perfectly, not to mention decent S&M bogies. Definitely raises sets a new standard.

This topic appears every three months or so, and from what i gather a minimum run is between 3000 and 5000, depending on the fabricator. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2876-Bell-20ft-reefers?p=45088&viewfull=1#post45088 Prestwin is here to stay.....

Any other shots of the donelli's in that batch Neil? Superb as always. Richie.

Evening lads. Been using this method for the last few months to form roofs for wagons, and I think I have the process and the pitfalls licked. This can be useful for recovering goods wagons where the roof is cracked, or forming curved panels in general. First thing you will need is a former to create the curve. I made one up from balsa wood and mounting board, with regular sections to keep it's shape. Superglued the whole lot, and it hasn't buckled in over 50 oven forming operations. But since the general curvature of goods/brake wagons is 123mm/5 inches approx diameter, any similar non-combustible cylinder will do. That's my flat piece on the right hand side which is made from 0.25mm styrene sheet. Place it in the middle, and starting at one end wrap the entire shape in masking tape, ensuring its pulled tight. Now, the fun bit. Take everything out of the oven including racks, and give the bottom tray a bit of a sweep if there are bits of food there. Pre-heat the oven to 115 degrees centigrade (this is for fan assisted ovens) and place the wrapped former on the bottom of the oven, the long side perpendicular to the fan. For 60 seconds only. Remove the former, inspect masking, pull taught if necessary and replace it in the oven for a further 60 seconds, this time with the other face now perpendicular to the fan. After this period, remove and set aside, allowing it to cool naturally for about 2 minutes. Remove the masking tape and this is the result. This is how it looks loose laid on a wagon, and several pieces laminated together produce very strong wagon roofs. This method also works for longer coach roofs, and sides, but is trickier generally. Things to avoid. Never let the fan of the oven wash directly against the plastic face, or you will have ripples in the styrene which can't be removed. Never put the former on any upper rack of the oven, or you will get rippling. Don't skimp on masking tape, cos if it comes loose during the "cook" you'll have a sculptural piece of styrene, and no roof. Don't leave it in for more than 60 seconds at a go. Ever. Wine bottles with boiling water doesn't work. And doesn't create fumes or a smell so it keeps domestic authorities calm. Sort of.... Have fun "cooking" Heisenderg

You wait for one to come along Kieran, and all of a sudden it's bubbles everywhere, from turned timber to plastic shells! Dapol will have to put on more lads for overtime squirting out the prestwin chassis!

Top stuff as always Nelson. Patience is truly a virtue! R

Did these lads while waiting for the dinner to cook earlier, so forgive the slapdash paint job, but the too foot rule should apply to these "yokes" later on. From left to right : "shotto" - handy shooting stuff. Mostly in the arm. Hoodie permanently attached. "Blotto" - clogs up a&e, bizarre fashion, crutch permanently attached. "Baby Lotto" - has an A in Reproduction. Permanently pregnant. "Sneachta" - with ponytail.....

To quote page 107 of the Joanna Burke's book Des, "In the words of Father William Doyle of the 8th Dublin: "We should have more prisoners, only a hot-blooded Irishman is a dangerous customer when he gets behind a bayonet and wants to let daylight through everybody" Pretty much sums up a lot of the stories.

I seek forgiveness with this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Ra7hQoHpE

Sorry, I'll get me coat...

Just says "Bulgaria, summer 2010"

I have a book here written by Erwin Rommel (yip him) called Infantry Attacks, which is quite eye opening in terms of the bunker happy ethos of the french, and the sneaky methodical ethos of the Germans, so well highlighted some 20 years later. Uncompromising in terms descriptions of kill numbers, and then the humanity right after. Another one to jar the senses would be An Intimate History of Killing in the 20th Century by Joanna Burke, in particular the stories of what Irish men were capable of when "annoyed" with trench warfare.

Maybe they're trying to tell you something.....

Class job Eamonn, and fair play to yer woodworking chap, they look the bizness.

Best comment on that thread... " It is excellent value for money. I am not sure why I bought it as I already have a working model of Mallard and my flat is cluttered with locomotives. I don't even model the LNER." Thankfully we don't suffer from that "too much choice" problem

Do tell more Horse.....

Aye, along Ye Olde Liffey Tunnel to Kingsbridge! Another shot on the way out captured this, kinda missing the decent sign on the lower left. The one below I believe to be legit. Located in (my home local) Bobby Byrne's, Limerick. Kid.

Only an engineer would have the theodolite boys in the box ready to go! Love it already.

Crikey indeed. That's one damn tasty bit of engineering Tom.